Joule Thief

[xee2]

I tried to rebuild my blinking JT circuit and I could not get it to work. Do not know why, but it seems that it will not be a very usable circuit if it is hard to replicate.

[Pirate88179]

Xee2:

I am sure you did but did you check the led?  I have had several of the cheap Chinese ones (Heck they are all probably made there now) just stop working.  Back then, I ripped apart my set-up on the breadboard, checked everything (except the led) rewound the JT....and then I finally tried another led....it was fine.

Bill

[innovation_station]

i just thought i would up date u all

lol



i just did my first tests on the RING OF FIRE ...    works great just 1 coil ...

22 ga sewing machine bobbon i will add a refresher pic of the SG 36 RING OF FIRE .. 

i hope to have it running full steam soon!

ist

HERES THE YOU TUBER ... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRhk_my7b2A

HERE IS A DWG OF HOW I HAVE IT WIRED ...  IT WORKS MANY WAYS 

[nievesoliveras]

@ist

That 36 coil looks good!
Those bobins are very useful.

@all

I need to get the information on how to use a motor as switch.
I had it, but I lost it.
Also there was a post of a guy charging four batteries using the motor as a switch on this topic.
I have searched up and down and have not been able to find it.

Does anybody has the instructions on how to convert a small motor to a switching device?

I know that it was by cutting some wires on the rotor, but I forgot the process.

Can anybody help?

Jesus

[innovation_station]

TY JESUS

but now i got a royal heat problem ...  the soft iron bolts are burning hot in a few min .. the  electrode on the coil is not hot the diode i have in line is burning hot!! 

my coils get verry warm ..  hummmm

i did find a solution to the aligator clips i found a soft iron nut and threded the electrode into it

sticks right on the neo  length of the electrode does not seam to matter ..

but the heat on the coil can not be good ... 

ideas ?   

in my last picture you see a heavy amp wire .. as my collector

being im haveing a bit of a heat problem ... 

i will build a smaller ring useing microwave inductors from the magnatron ... they have a ferroite core .. im hopeing to reduce the heat in the coils... 

if i have secucess with them i will then wind  the inductors on a ferroite toride ...  or many of them

first i will build a 4 coil inductor unit see if it fixes my heat problem .. i hooked up 2 1000v 3 amp diodes last night to 1 coil both in less than 3 min of run were burning hot ...  to hot to touch ...

yet my wires remained cold and my electrodes were warm but not hot ... 

hummmmm  if im burning up diodes rated at that voltage and amprage ...

what is my output ... ?


ist!